I was researching books to read and there were so many new ones coming out this year that I was excited about. I honestly had planned to just do one big post for the year, but I couldn’t figure out a way to fit them all in one post, so I decided to post every three months. The books I’ve chosen are a wide range, from YA romance to historical mysteries - and a few of our favorite genres like rich person thrillers, high school dramas, royals and fantasy.

January

You Have a Match by Emma Lord

Publishing Date: January 5

The second YA novel from writer Emma Lord is about a girl named Abby who signs up for a DNA service and finds out that she has an older sister she didn’t know about. Coupled with a crush on her best friend Leo, it leads to complicated drama!

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Publishing Date: January 5

I love the premise of this, a Southern gothic version of Jane Eyre where Jane is a dog walker struggling with money who decides to marry the wealthy Eddie Rochester. Like the classic, Jane can’t shake off that Eddie’s dead wife isn’t necessarily gone from this world.

Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida

Publishing Date: January 12

An Instagram influencer suffers a head injury and is left with amnesia, using only her phone and social media to figure out who she was and what her life was. As she puts it all back together, she wonders if the life she sees online is one that she actually wants to get back.

The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

Publishing Date: January 12

What would happen if Cinderella married Prince Charming, and then discovered he was actually very creepy? This weird, comic and creative take seems to combine the classic fairytale with a marriage-centered thriller, two of our favorite genres!

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Publishing Date: January 26

I love a great fake-dating rom com plot, and this book where radio producer Shay has to fake being exes with her new co-worker seems right up my alley! In order to make the jump to on-air talent and execute her brilliant idea of a radio show where exes give relationship advice life on air, Shay ends up faking it, and hopefully falls in love?

February

Girls With Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman

Publishing Date: February 2

After the drama of the college admissions scandal, this book sounds so good - it takes place at Elliot Bay Academy, an elite school that is told that Stanford will only be taking one student that year, sparking a series of desperate choices from the mothers of three children.

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

Publishing Date: February 2

Set in San Francisco pre-tech boom, the story focuses on the teenage friendship of Eulabee and Maria Fabiola as they run around every corner of their town, Sea Cliff and navigate their upscale all-girls school. One day, on their walk to school they witness something horrible, but disagree about what exactly they saw. Their friendship fractures and Maria Fabiola disappears. With the possibility of a kidnapping and the community on high alert, the mystery deepens while the town faces drastic change.

Make Up Break Up by Lily Menon

Publishing Date: February 2

The first adult romance from YA writer Sandhya Menon under a psuedonym, the story centers around rival app developers, one focused on helping people make relationships work, and another helping people break up as efficiently as possible. When they are forced to share an office building and compete for funding, the sparks fly!

The Project by Courtney Summers

Publishing Date: February 2

Um, I am a little bit obsessed with cults, so this thriller sounds amazing! It follows journalist Lo Denham, who has spent the past six years trying to uncover the truth about a cult that her sister is embroiled in. She finally gets the lead she has been looking for to take them down, and is forced to face off with the charismatic leader to expose them and free her sister.

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Publishing Date: February 2

A royal romance with a sci-fi setting, Winter's Orbit centers around the politically-motivated marriage between a minor royal, Prince Kiem, and a Count Janian, who is convinced his previous husband was murdered. Their marriage has to succeed to save the empire, but a conspiracy threatens their happiness and the peace they are trying to achieve.

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Publishing Date: February 9

This West African-inspired fantasy features a world where girls are marked “impure” by having gold blood during a ceremony when they are 16. When intuitive Deka’s blood is gold, she faces a terrible fate, but a woman offers her the opportunity to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her, alaki–near-immortals with rare gifts who are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat.

March

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Publishing Date: March 2

Written by the author of Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun is told from the perspective of an “Artificial Friend” named Klara. On display in a shop window, she watches the people who come into the store and walk down the street, while she waits for someone to pick her and take her home.

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Publishing Date: March 2

Set in two timelines, this book follows what women will do when they are truly desperate. In the 1800s, a London apothecary named Nella sells poisons to women to get rid of the controlling men in their lives . In the modern day, a historian looking into the apothecary murders makes a discovery that brings the mystery of the apothecary murders into her life.

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

Publishing Date: March 23

Engaged to a millionaire, Abigail makes a drunken mistake on her bachelorette weekend, and sleeps with a sexy stranger. She puts it behind her and feels certain heading into her wedding until the mystery man shows up on her honeymoon, convinced they belong together. As things begin to escalate, nobody believes Abby that anything is amiss - will her stalker win?

The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers

Publishing Date: March 23

When Lara Barnes’ fiance disappears on her wedding day, she searches for answers. When she stumbles on her great-grandmother’s journals, she is swept back to time to 1925, when her family ran magical circus and were tragically cursed - claiming the happiness of the women in her family.